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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

19 June - Blogs I'm Following II

SILVER SPRING, MD - MAY 10: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee holds a meeting to vote on whether Gilead Sciences' Truvada should be approved as a preventative treatment for people who are at high risk of contracting HIV through sexual intercourse May 10, 2012 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Already approved to treat people infected with HIV, Truvada would be a milestone in the worldwide AIDS epidemic by offering a tablet capable of preventing infection in high-risk individuals. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

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There is not a single Democrat who believes that an Amish farmer has the right to milk a cow and sell that milk to their neighbor without being threatened by the government.

Monsanto’s Food and Drug Administration can’t close down small dairies and private food clubs fast enough, bursting on the scene with guns drawn as if the criminalized right to contract for natural foods we’ve consumed for millennia deserves SWAT attention.
Now, Obama has the Dept. of Justice going after small farmers under the post-911 “Bank Secrecy Act” which makes it a crime to deposit less than $10,000 when you earned more than that.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and other criminal banksters are still in operation, despite committing millions of acts of fraud during mortgage reassignations. But the DOJ prioritizes squashing family farmers since it’s easier to pick the low-hanging fruit than do battle with well-financed criminals who’ve illegally seized the homes of millions of US citizens.
Former Maryland assistant U.S. attorney Steven Levin told the paper, “The emphasis is on basically seizing money, whether it is legally or illegally earned. It can lead to financial ruin for business owners, and there’s a potential for abuse here by the government.”
Ya think?

Ronnie Cummins, Director of the Organic Consumers Association, issued the following statement in response to the news:
“Study after study has shown that organic, agro-ecological farming practices on small diverse farms can boost yields in Africa and the developing world from 100-1000% over the yields of chemical-intensive or genetically engineered mono-crop farms. To help the world’s two billion small farmers and rural villagers survive and prosper we need to help them gain access, not to genetically engineered seeds and expensive chemical inputs; but rather access to land, water, and the tools and techniques of traditional, sustainable farming: non-patented open-pollinated seeds, crop rotation, natural compost production, beneficial insects, and access to local markets. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) reduce crop yields, and increase pesticide use, even according to USDA statistics.

*“On The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams”* by Chet Raymo "I seem to remember that it was Lawrence Durrell, somewhere in the Alexandrian Quartet, who said: "Science is the poetry of the intellect, and poetr...

(Reuters) - Anti-poverty groups complained on Tuesday that Europe's troubles hijacked the G20 development agenda and pushed into the background its work on addressing poverty and food shortages in the worl...

The Canadian porn star suspected of killing and dismembering his lover has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, appeared by video link in a packed Montreal courtroom after being e...

We never mentioned the DCCC National Grassroots Challenge here on *DWT*, mostly because anyone who voted was giving their e-mail address to the DCCC which will then use it to try to collect money to promo...

Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. There's a lot of great inform...

*Time to withdraw some money and have some fun*: "Colleges, banks in card deals that are costly to students" May 30, 2012 WASHINGTON — As many as *900 colleges are pushing students into using payment card...

I just returned from a week long program at American University called Bridging the Gap: the International Policy Summer Institute (IPSI). Organized by the new Dean of AU's School of International Service ...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA at a depth of 18 km (11.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:41:45 UTC Wednesday 20th June 2012 The epicenter was 101 km (62.6 miles...

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 32.5 km (20.2 miles), the quake hit at 22:28:47 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) North...

Thousands of people are starving to death in North Korea's South Hwanghae Province even though it is the country's rice bowl, according to a defector. "Villages in remote mountains can resort to slash-and...

*Why War? The reasons are endless. * Giving Americans And Muslims Reasons To Fight: 9/11, Al-Qaeda, Drones, And Counterinsurgency "Americans (especially media figures) have been so inculcated with a ...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE at a depth of 17.1 km (10.6 miles), the quake hit at 18:39:01 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 751 km (466 miles) Northwest of ...

*Thanks for wasting the taxpayer buck, government.* "a circus atmosphere.... a trial steeped in tabloid detail.... *No wonder it was in the paper so much. * "Acquittal, mistrial in Edwards case; Found no...

Readers, I have been under attack over the last while from others in the real truth movement that say that I have been "soft" on failing in my articles to constantly hammer home and call the criminals by t...

Its interesting to note how little we know about gravity.... -AK Holy levitating Slinky! June 19, 2012 From: http://kottke.org/12/06/holy-levitating-slinky In this series of slow motion clips, you can s...

Web of Debt Ellen Brown When Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase Bank, appeared before the Senate Banking Committee on June 13, he was wearing cufflinks bearing the presidential seal. “Was Dimon trying to...

I`m not quite sure what is going on here, perhaps NPA`s Peter Ladner has suffered a severe brain injury.. Peter Ladner was on with Simi Sara today and he wants the helmet law for cyclists removed...He cl...

*“Research Shows Wisdom May Indeed Increase With Age”* by Amanda Enayati Google "the aging brain" and you will find a largely sobering landscape of cognitive deterioration. ("Funny," said the dashing ol...

*VA Governor Bob spoke to the Washington Post from Sweden today expressing reservations about the way the firing of U. of Virginia President Terry Sullivan was handled.* *"I would have liked to see things...

*"Buying Life Experiences To Impress * *Others Removes Happiness Boost"* by San Francisco State University "Spending money on activities and events, such as concert tickets or exotic vacations, won't ...

*"Beyond Reacting, Remembering to Pause"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Remembering to pause and take a breath before we react can shift the energy of the outcome. We have all had the experience of r...

Consortium News Ann Wright Coleen Rowley For decades, Amnesty International has been a respected name in the cause of human rights, but its recent hiring of Suzanne Nossel, a longtime U.S. “humanitarian i...

The fruit trees in the chicken moat have been painted white up to about "hopping" height. Bugs climbing up the trunk face stiffer opposition from the hens against the white background. Also, I think, the...

Spencer v. Riesberry, 2012 ONCA 418 is a lengthy decision dealing with trusts and family law. In the decision the Court made a useful comment about the beneficiary's lack of property interest in the trust ...

THE NEW YORKER has a fine article for you to ponder: Jonah Lehrer posted "Why Smart People Are Stupid" in the Frontal Cortex blog, in which it is noted that research shows that the smarter people are, the mo...

When Memphis City Schools announced it would accept $90 million from Gates to "improve teacher quality," Supt. Kriner Cash blubbered, “This is huge, this is huge, this puts Memphis City Schools in very eli...

Hear the one about BP getting its business advice from Bain Capital? It's a hoot! And you may remember that I've long said from deadly serious evidence that they are not smart, just clever and vicious. And...

Charlie reminded me that Voyager reached the end of our solar system and is about to venture into deep space. It was long trip. It started from Earth in 1977. I suppose Charlie and I aren't the only o...

According to news from Kyodo News on June 18th, after high school students from Ishikawa Prefecture who had recently participated in a school trip to China experienced diarrhea, fever, and other symptoms ...

Do you remember when a Texas congressman apologized to BP over the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf that did so much damage to the economies of the Gulf states? It was Joe Barton, who's been representin...

Steve Pinker is an evolutionary psychologist, a great thinker, a popular author, an impressive speaker (I remember one of his talks about the evolutionary explanation of the religion: it was cool), and a...

*"Ideas on the US Empire"* by Bill Bonner "We went to a delightful garden party in Washington. Everybody had an idea. Some smart. Some stupid. These were bright, well-educated people. Many had gone to...

"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that...

*"One on One with Karl Denninger"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Forget about the outcome of the Greek elections. The only thing that matters, according to Karl Denninger of Market-ticker.org, is ma...

*"Fed: But Ponzis NEVER Run Out Of Suckers!"* by Karl Denninger "I need a new keyboard; my current one just succumbed to spat coffee... "The U.S. recovery is hobbled by an economic divide that separate...

*"The Great Correction Continues Correcting"* by Bill Bonner "Overpaid b**tards! You gotta love this Great Correction. It’s gotten so much bad press. And so many people trying to stop it. But it just ...

The MV Alead. The ship supposedly filled with “attack helicopters”. This ship originated in Kaliningrad, Russia was purported to have been reportedly stopped dead in it’s tracks, unable to provide Syria ...

While Ecuador decides whether to grant Assange asylum, he is under the protection of Ecuador Ecuador Embassy in London where Julian Assange is seeking political asylum/Photo RT London By Brenda Norrell ...

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has sought political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, according to the South American nation's foreign minister. Mr Assange has been fighting extradition from t...

*Mark Schleifstein to remain at The Sometimes Picayune * Folks, This morning, I delivered my signed job offer/application to the management of the new Nola Media Group. The decision to stay was difficult fo...

Any public school with such a record of abuse, corruption, and anti-social malfeasance would have been shut years ago. From the Oakland Tribune: The head of an Oakland charter school organization that ...

Rescuers said 58 people were still missing two days after a wooden boat sank off eastern Indonesia -- revising sharply upwards the number of people on board the vessel. "The latest update we have so far ...

Jakarta – Three people were killed and 10 missing on Tuesday after they were buried in a landslide caused by heavy rain in eastern Indonesia, a rescue official said. “Heavy rains in Ambon city, Maluku pr...

[*Spoiler Alert*: Obviously, you shouldn't read this post if you want to see the movie unfiltered.] Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" (2012) is a film about creation, abortion, and redemptive self-sacrifice. A...

A guest post from my friend, Jules Calagui, collated from one of his recent facebook status updates. Photos below, I just added. *Health and Personal Responsibility* by Jules Calagui I don’t eat McDona...

*Mouthpiece lost one of their closest allies. * *What do you mean he's not dead yet?* "Hosni Mubarak: from war hero to prisoner; Once ‘father of the nation,’ now a reviled criminal" by Robert H. Reid | ...

The Arab Spring of revolution has given rise to a new summer of concern in North Africa. While Moammar Gadhafi is gone, the weapons used by the rebels who overthrew him are now a threat to the whole regi...

Jerusalem (CNN) -- A Palestinian mosque in the village of Jabaa was vandalized and partially set on fire early Tuesday morning, Israeli and Palestinian officials said, with both sides suspecting Israeli s...

Mexico City (CNN) -- A new barter market in Mexico City is helping residents trade their trash for food in an effort to reduce the mountain of waste produced by the mega city. Mexico City's huge, infamou...

*This was the tone of an op-ed I pitched regarding the Rio+20 environmental summit. Below the fold, I offer a slightly more nuanced argument ...* Rio+20, the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit,...

wmode="transparent" height="374" width="416"> (CNN) -- The head of the failing U.N. observer mission to Syria is planning to brief the Security Council on Tuesday as diplomats intensify their efforts to e...

(CNN) -- At the Group of 20 summit in Mexico, President Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin had their first face-to-face meeting since Putin resumed the Russian presidency in May. The joint statement they iss...

(Reuters) - Cash isn't just king. For some money managers, it has become jack, queen and ace, too. With the Greek election failing to eliminate fears about the euro zone's stability and the Chinese and U...

(Reuters) - Though it didn't win last weekend's election, Greece's fast-rising radical leftist leader says his party has won the argument against the austerity measures keeping Greece in the eurozone and ...

Russian and Syrian officials dismissed as provocation on Tuesday Iranian media reports that Iran, Russia, China and Syria are to conduct joint military exercises in Syria next month. Iran's semi-official ...

I'll get to more of the narrative later, but I want to separately mark the anniversary of the greatest spin ever: Ron Ziegler's line that the Watergate break-in was a "third-rate burglary attempt." It's p...

(above chart on right: the U.S. spends more on BOMBING than all other countries in the world combined, and half the U.S. budget is BOMBING vs health care, education, and all public domestic spending com...

The government will carry out the nation’s first civil training against potential nationwide blackouts on Thursday at 2 p.m. for 20 minutes, officials said Tuesday. The Ministry of Knowledge Economy and ...

With the U.S. and Iran again sitting down at the negotiating table in Moscow this week, this is the perfect moment for Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett to lay out just how the Obama administration...

NEW DELHI, June 19 (Reuters) - India's Bharat Petroleum Corp has made its first payment for Iranian oil in rupees, two industry sources said on Tuesday, becoming the first refiner to use a payment channel...

I used to be one of *those *moms. You know, the mother who treasured childhood and wanted her child to have sugar, sweets and everything nice. Fruit snacks? Check. Pop-Tarts? Breakfast of champions. Oreos?...

Indian women take on the sex-selective abortion issue. Mumbai (AsiaNews/Agencies) - About 225 women, members of the first all-female village council (gram sabha) of Haryana, have decided to set up vigilan...

Iran and world powers blamed each other today for the lack of progress in talks on Tehran's nuclear programme. The stalemate has dimmed hopes of a breakthrough which it was hoped would avert the threat o...

(Reuters) - World leaders tried on Tuesday to convince financial markets that Europe can move fast enough toward a major overhaul of its banking systems that could help fix its debt crisis and restore conf...

A British space company has announced details of a plan to take people to the moon for the first time since 1972. Excalibur Almaz is offering members of the public a passport to orbit the moon - but bud...

Today at 11am (PT), Digby will be leading a live-blogging session at Crooks and Liars with Darcy Burner, Blue America's favorite Washingtonian-- the gorgeous state up north, not the cesspool back East. So...

MondoWiess James North U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Egyptian Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein TantawiA first sign that the Obama administration will accept the military coup in Egypt was a mea...

*He would do nothing different than Obama, despite the BG charade regarding arming the rebels*: "Romney’s stance on Syria a work in progress" by Michael Kranish | Globe Staff, June 19, 2012 WASHINGTON ...

First, let me begin with another climate-related story I know from Benny Peiser. Four days ago, I mentioned two articles in *The Guardian*, the leading British left-wing daily, that presented the opinions...

Despite a constant barrage of abuse from the Jewish media, the people of Greece have once again spoken against the destruction of their country. With part of Greece already under Turkish occupation, and ...

*Did he really say he looked into his eyes** and got a **sense of his soul** ?* "Summit lets Obama, Putin assess each other" Associated Press, June 18, 2012 WASHINGTON - President *Obama* *needs Russia to ...

RawStory Eric W. Dolan Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and other groups on Monday called on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to release a memo that provided legal justificati...

Last week, when JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon schmoozed with the Senate Banking Committee, he wore his magical Presidential Seal cufflinks to protect him from all government harm. The Bling King was back i...

*American Scofflaw* The United States is planning a significant military presence of 13,500 troops in Kuwait to give it the flexibility to respond to sudden conflicts in the region as Iraq adjusts to the ...

Posting a feature article in BusinessWorld nearly six years ago, I just found in one of my computer folders. Part of this four-pages long article is an interview of me by the author. The quotes below, I ju...

*TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012* *As Maddow returns to the air:* Rachel Maddow had laryngitis last week. Last night, her problem was different. In many ways, we thought this program, end to end, revealed the bas...

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck OFF THE COAST OF OREGON at a depth of 13.5 km (8.4 miles), the quake hit at 13:40:57 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 239 km (148 miles) West of Bandon, Or...

My Sunday question this week was about why liberals don't use Democratic House and Senate primaries the way that conservatives use Republican primaries. Nick Baumann believes it's just about an ideology g...

* * By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez After 10 years of Congress stonewalling on the Dream Act, the president has now acted. For the students and families affected, the president’s new immigration policy d...

Iran, Syria, Russia and China are planning the “biggest-ever wargames in the Middle East,” according to an unconfirmed report on the semi-official Iranian news site Fars News. According to the article, t...

*TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012* *Great paper misquotes its own piece:* Do we live in fictitious times? Imagine a citizen who wants to know about our public schools. Last Friday, that citizen read two claims by D...

*Scott & Associates Engineering Ltd. v. Finavera Renewables Inc*., 2012 ABCA 181 is a useful source for the standard of review for summary judgment in Alberta. While based on the Alberta Rules the point a...

Shuttered Palestinian shops along Shashuda Street in Hebron, West Bank. Photo by Marilyn Katz. The separation is total: West Bank Diaries More than anything it appears that these fences are cages, locking p...

A powerful typhoon made landfall Tuesday in Wakayama Prefecture, the first to hit the main islands this year, and the Meteorological Agency warned of heavy rain and strong winds across wide areas through ...

*TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012* *Interlude—Parker does it again:* “We live in fictitious times,” Michael Moore once said. His statement was made in 2003. For our money, it remains the cleanest, clearest descrip...

Book publishers are pricks. If you've ever tried to publish a book you know that publishers are basically sifting through their inbox of manuscripts and sending rejection letters back to authors claiming t...

[image: This map shows the percentage increases in very heavy precipitation (defined as the heaviest 1 percent of all event) from 1958 to 2007 for each U.S. region. There are clear trends toward more ver...

June 19, 2012 No country has ever been bombed by its own ally, like Pakistan has been bombed by the US, Pakistani politician Imran Khan tells Julian Assange. He says it is time to put an end to the US-P...

JAIPUR, India — Indian police say a father remains unrepentant after beheading his daughter with a ceremonial sword in a rage over her alleged relationships with men. Villagers in northwestern Rajasthan s...

The man accused of murdering and dismembering a Chinese university student in Montreal is back in Canada to face prosecution after an international manhunt. Luka Rocco Magnotta landed at Montreal's Mirab...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish soldiers and Kurdish militants clashed on Tuesday in the most intense battles of the separatist conflict this year, with 18 combatants killed in fighting at three ar...

Happy Birthday to Gena Rowlands, 82. One of the many terrific things about Columbo is that lots of the Cassavetes gang wound up in them. She's terrific in the one that she's in. Not, perhaps, as great as s...

Helicopters thundered up and down the chic Copacabana and Ipanema beaches. Tanks guarded the bridges and tunnels. The favelas were in lockdown, schools closed and supermarkets stood empty. Unexpectedly,...

*By the end of the piece it is gushing*: "New York Times editor chides White House' Abramson says leaks are vital to democracy" by Liz Kowalczyk | Globe Staff, June 17, 2012 Jill Abramson, New York Time...

The GOP and their Big Business allies and media outlets have worked really hard to poison the well against ObamaCare. It isn't working among Democratic voters, of course-- nor was it meant to-- but it is...

I’ve been following this ALEC horror story for awhile now – as it has to do with ALEC at the local level – the city/town level. But when it hit the New York Times editorial pages (in print and online) I ...

As the Kari-Oca II is underway in June 2012, during Rio 20, in Brazil, Censored News shares this video from the first gathering in 1992 Photos of Kari Oca II 2012 by Ben Powless at Censored News: http://www....

Police are investigating after a man reported missing turned up the next day almost 800 miles away injured, bound at the wrists and wearing only his underwear. The FBI have launched an investigation and ...

Father's Day turned into a tragedy for a Hamilton, Ohio, family when their patriarch was brutally stabbed to death by one of his four children. Police say Bryan Schmidt, 36, was killed by his 18-year-old ...

The sole suspect in the disappearance of Robyn Gardner in Aruba is hoping to cash in on a $3.5 million travel insurance policy he took out in the woman's name. Gary Giordano, who spent four months in an ...

U.S. households saw their wealth drop by more than a third between 2005 and 2010 as home values and share prices plummeted. The dramatic decrease over the five-year period- which included the recession t...

In 2006, the Harper government created the Parliamentary Budget Office. It was necessary, the Conservatives said, to ensure government accountability. Yesterday, the man who runs that office, Kevin Page...

Astute baseball fans might recognize this as Fenway Park, seen from behind the outfield. This would be totally unremarkable... if I hadn't taken it five minutes ago from my hotel room. We are in Boston ...

NO COMMENT, I'm just gonna air this dirty Anna Chapman-type laundry for all sheople to gawk at, in wonder. Oh, fuck it, I can't resist, "I have absolutely no idea what this video is supposed to be about...

The owner of the Dallas Mavericks got caught up in the hype surrounding the Facebook IPO launch a month ago and snapped up 150,000 of the social media giant's shares, but the excitement was short-lived. ...

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance Posted at Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Photo by Ben Powless The global 1% is converging in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this June at the Rio+20 United Na...

*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* Irving Fisher (February 27, 1867 – April 29, 1947) was an American economist, inventor, and health campaigner, and one of the earliest American neoclassical econom...

The UK has made moves to stop a cargo vessel allegedly carrying refurbished Russian-made attack helicopters from completing its journey to Syria. The MV Alaed had its insurance withdrawn by The Standard ...

Greece appears headed for a new clash with Germany over its rigid bailout program as the winners of Sunday's Greek election prepare to ask Europe for more time to cut public spending. Greece's conservati...

*Chris Rose: Seeds of revolution* ~*Critics of the newspaper's crass and clumsy handling of this beloved New Orleans institution comprise a formidable cross-section of the region: journalists, academics, p...

Reports are coming in from all over the city - from the Dandenongs in the east, Bentleigh in the southeast, Pascoe Vale in the west and through the inner city. Windows were rattled and floors rocked as th...

Pakistan's top court has declared prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office, in a move likely to intensify the country's political crisis. The Supreme Court disqualified him from office and...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 10:53:29 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 121 km (75 miles) East ...

A Taliban commander has banned polio vaccines for more than 162,000 children in north-west Pakistan - until U.S. drone attacks in the country are stopped. Hafiz Gul Bahadur said in a pamphlet distributed...

It happens only once every three to five years, so when Nature whipped up her very own foam party, it was wasn't too long before people accepted the invite. Body surfers were amazed to find waves of bubb...

Renewed attempts to help the jailed Pakistani doctor who led the U.S. to Osama bin Laden must be made, a Californian congressman has said. Rep Dana Rohrabacher has made Dr Shakil Afridi's case a personal ...

Two tribesmen were killed when rival groups armed with bows and arrows clashed in Indonesia's restive Papua province yesterday, police said. The clash, which also left one person critically injured, broke...

A postal worker who was sliced almost in half by a chainsaw-wielding madman in a New York City subway station six years ago has forgiven his attacker but will face contractors in court this week for leavi...

Police in Sussex are complaining about an invasion of prisoners from Eastern Europe after a poster was put up in a Polish prison suggesting they 'Come to Bognor Regis'. The revelation emerged after police...

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian teenagers near the central Gaza Strip town of Deir el-Balah early on Tuesday, a Palestinian medical official said. "Two c...

The halting of a ship carrying Russian helicopters bound for Syria seriously undermines Moscow's anti-interventionist stance and brings the possibility of direct Western involvement in the crisis a step cl...

Seven attackers have been killed after storming a base of the Nato coalition in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. The attackers breached the outer security of the base in Shah Wali Kot district, b...

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck JUJUY, ARGENTINA at a depth of 214.6 km (133.4 miles), the quake hit at 08:56:18 UTC Tuesday 19th June 2012 The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) WNW of San Antonio de lo...

(Reuters) - Syria said on Tuesday it was trying to evacuate civilians from the city of Homs and blamed rebel fighters for obstructing efforts to get people out safely. Activists said the army has intensif...

The French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, 39, who is facing charges of rape on his own daughter, was taken into custody by Bangalore police in the early hours of Tuesday following the official clarifications by...

Kurdish rebels have attacked Turkish military units in south-eastern Turkey, sparking clashes in which 10 rebels and eight soldiers died, authorities said. The attack happened in Daglica area of Hakkari ...

(Reuters) - Japanese authorities failed to disclose U.S. data about the spread of radiation spewing from a crippled nuclear plant last year, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday, leaving some evacuees fleei...

(Reuters) - It is not every day that a company bungles something so badly that it has to turn to a regulator for help to clean up its mess. But that is what the Nasdaq stock market has done with the Finan...

(Reuters) - The United States expressed alarm that its protégés in the Egyptian army were abusing hopes for democracy by ordering more military rule just as the Muslim Brotherhood was claiming victory in ...

(Reuters) - A U.N. investigator has called on the Obama administration to justify its policy of assassinating rather than capturing al Qaeda or Taliban suspects, increasingly with the use of unmanned dron...

(Reuters) - Spain is likely to pay record prices to borrow at debt auctions on Tuesday and Thursday after the Greek election failed to ease concerns about the future of the euro zone and amid uncertainty o...

(Reuters) - Under pressure from financial markets and anxious world leaders, Europe agreed on Monday to move towards a more integrated banking system to stem a debt crisis that threatens the survival of t...

(CNN) -- A charity that raised close to $27 million to help animals worldwide spent nearly all of that money on fund-raising expenses paid to a direct-mail company. In addition, CNN found that the chari...

Washington (CNN) -- The current Congress has worked just as many days as its legislative predecessors. It just has a lot less to show for it. According to a CNN analysis of congressional records that looke...

Los Cabos, Mexico (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed the results of the Greek election as he prepared to join other world leaders at a summit aimed at boosting a sluggish global econom...

A porn actor accused of killing and dismembering a Chinese student in Canada has been extradited from Germany and is expected to be quizzed by police about his victim's missing head. The international m...

Ms. Morrison talks with KOTV reporter about the damage done to her garden. Photo courtesy: KOTV/Video screen capture There are few things I despise more than high-handed bureaucratic tactics...and, this o...

Is it really worth it, to simulate NUCLEAR DETONATIONS and MILITARY CROWD CONTROL, to drain the world's electrical energy resources in this ridiculous way. A Custodian DO RIGHT BY FREE PLANET mentality ...

(CNN) -- The quest for peace in Syria is now crippled with setbacks, as a U.N. observer mission has suspended operations and attempts to rescue civilians trapped amid violence have proved futile. At least...

David Cameron recorded television interviews in Mexico, where he is attending the G20 summit, in front of a screen which hid spectacular beach views. The Prime Minister’s aides ensured Mr Cameron fronted...

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood will take part in protests across Egypt to demonstrate against sweeping new powers taken by the ruling military council. Over the weekend, the generals issued two decree...

Vladimir Putin with Barack Obama at the G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP Barack Obama and Russia's president Vladimir Putin issued a joint call to end the violence in Syria,...

ATHENS, June 19 (Reuters) - Greece's conservatives expect to be able to form a coalition government with the Socialists on Tuesday, allowing the two parties that dominated politics for decades to share pow...

Islamic group claims victory in elections and threatens to flood streets if military continues to 'rebuild old regime' The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to face down Egypt's ruling generals in a "life or d...

Some people like to forget the Past, for those who do not this, our EU commission president José Manuel Barroso was also one of the Leaders of the Reorganising Movement of the Proletariat Party, later PCT...

*The Perfect Light Breakfast Solution! Smoothie with Granola!* I am always looking for an easy break fast solution that is packed with nutrients and will keep me full for a while. This mixture of a delicio...

President Barack Obama's visit to Chicago didn't stop another violent weekend. At least seven people were killed and 35 were injured since Friday night. The youngest victim was a 16-year-old girl who die...

FT: Ten days before Greece’s elections, a member of the neo-nazi party, Golden Dawn, repeatedly hit a female candidate of the communist party while appearing live on a television talk show and threw water ...

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York has remained coy about whether he plans to endorse a presidential candidate this year, even as Mitt Romney and President Obama aggressively court the billionaire med...

This omelet may contain more than you think it does. Photo courtesy: tripadvisor.ca As an allergy sufferer, I know how miserable allergies can be; so, I was stunned by the information contained in a comme...

The first confirmed case of anthrax in a Texas animal for 2012 has been detected in an adult white-tailed male deer near Uvalde (Uvalde County). At this time no domestic livestock are involved. Anthrax i...

Explosions ripped through two fireworks factories in China killing 14 people and injuring 13, state media reported yesterday. A blast yesterday morning at a factory in Dongtun, in Huaiyang district of cen...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to stop the planned deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station following rece...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A powerful typhoon may pass through the Japanese archipelago from Tuesday to Wednesday, bringing heavy rains and strong winds across a wide area of western and northern Japan, the Japan ...

Israel's 'Partners in Peace' don't hide their feelings towards non-Muslims. This was broadcast on PA TV last week 'During a PA TV children's program a girl recites a poem that includes glorification of v...

A paralysed man who heads to the High Court today to seek the right to die is at the centre of an extraordinary social media campaign to persuade him to change his mind. Less than a week after Wiltshire...

Black bear. Photo courtesy: dalliedee/CC BY 2.0 In yet another blog on one of my favourite subjects, animal intelligence - we now discover that bears are smarter than we previously gave them credit for be...

The President of the European Commission has attacked critics of the eurozone's crisis management as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) raises more cash for its war chest. After facing renewed calls ...

GMO Myths and Truths Earth Open Source, 17 June 2012 Genetically modified (GM) crops are promoted on the basis of a range of far-reaching claims from the GM crop industry and its supporters. They say ...

*Ronnie Kray* The Kray twins ran a bodyguard and 'protection' business for Hollywood stars, such as Frank Sinatra, and for Arab princes. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1239926/How-Krays-ran-prot...

"You can be lean without being really poor, and Japan seems to have pulled that off". Photo courtesy: this particular greg/CC BY 2.0 A few years back Mat quoted British journalist Fred Pearce, who question...

*According to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy People are risking their health by working on smart phones, tablets and laptops after they have left the office*. It says people have become screen sl...

Nixon returned to Key Biscayne. Haldeman spoke with Nixon at least twice that day, with one call, according to Haldeman, certainly about Watergate at least in part. Nixon also spoke with Colson twice. But...

*I'm really BUZZIN' this morning - very excited.* Yesterday, I wrote a *TWO WEEKS LATER UPDATE:* to my 'what planet is this? dream blocking' post involving my *current inability to take control of my luc...

My recent piece about how Palestinian children are being brought up to hate and kill Jews seems to have upset someone called reenie. Here's two comments that they posted: 'reenie said... what a load of c...

Unofficial reports say that the Higgs signals after more than 5/fb of the 8 TeV 2012 data boast the same same strength that you would expect based on the 2011 5/fb 7 TeV data. Up to this point, almost 12...

This is the moment a father dangled his terrified three-year-old daughter out of a sixth-floor window after having a heated argument with her mother. The drama unfurled in Guangzhou, capital of southern C...

In 2010, “Japan had more than 46 tons (8.7 Tons in Japan, approximately 37 tons in Europe) of separated plutonium in stock, but its MOX recycling program has made little progress.” (Suzuki, 2010). 46 ton...

A man accused of murdering a teenager in 1966 smiled and told police officers they would have to prove he killed her after confessing to the crime in jail nearly 43 years ago, a court heard today. David ...

With its soaring skyscrapers, ever-green golf courses and even a ski resort, the desert city of Dubai is testament to a determined battle between man and nature. Yet with the global downturn and mounting...

A senior master at a prestigious boarding school for girls was today jailed for three years for sexually assaulting a teenage pupil. Anthony Brown had been a trusted chemistry teacher at Goldophin School,...

A father upset over his daughter's lifestyle chopped off her head with a sword before parading it around his village, police said. Marble miner Ogad Singh's 20-year-old daughter had been living with her ...

We spent most of yesterday on a beach in Devon — the family and me, that is. The sun was shining, the sand golden; gentle surf washed the shore against a backdrop of soft woods and green fields rising fro...

Spain became the latest EU country to descend into turmoil yesterday as David Cameron warned the eurozone crisis could last for years. The Prime Minister said the situation was so grave that Britain would...

A Socialist victory in France’s parliamentary elections means the country will now try to tax and spend its way out of trouble, putting it on collision course with Germany. But as France prepared to ramp...

*3 progressive winners folks in DC don't know about...yet: David Gill, Beto O'Rourke, Patsy Keever* This afternoon, Digby did an important post, a must-read for progressives who are being bombarded by imb...

*Say no to Obamney. Demand regime change in Washington and let's bring President Barack Obama to justice for Crimes Against Humanity. Source for poster: Infowars.* The Western press likes to pick on A...

(Reuters) - The United States warned an Iranian dissident group on Monday to follow through on plans to close a base in Iraq founded under Saddam Hussein, saying it was "gravely mistaken" to believe there ...

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